On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:37:23 -0500 "Thomas H. George" <li...@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
> OK, my fault. > > A new jessie installation. Display problem so I tried to switch to > xdm. When this didn't work I tried to switch back to gdm3. No Go: > > gdm3.serviceJob for gdm.service failed. > > Looked for solution in man systemctl, found reset-failed command. > Tried > > systemctl reset-failed gdm.service > > exit code was 0 but problem was not fixed. > > tried apt-get install --reinstall gdm3 > > problem not fixed. > > What to do? Reinstall jessie? Continue experimenting with systemctl > commands? > > Any suggestions? > > My first action would be to install kdm. It will bring a heap of dependencies, but if that's a problem it can be sorted out once you're running again. On installation, you should be offered the choice of DM, and a clean kdm should work OK. You can switch between default DMs from the command line if necessary, by editing /etc/X11/default-display-manager. I'd probably then try a purge of gdm3 then a reinstall. If that still doesn't work, you should have some more information to bring back here. If kdm didn't work either, along with gdm3 and xdm, that probably points to something lower-level, such as an X issue. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150207220215.6a8df...@jresid.jretrading.com
